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N. Korea: LTTE arms moved overland from China to NK for almost a decade (Tamil Tigers)
The Island (Sri Lanka) ^ | 11/05/09 | Shamindra Ferdinando

Posted on 11/07/2009 8:33:46 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

LTTE arms moved overland from China to NK for almost a decade

by Shamindra Ferdinando

Chinese arms consignments for the LTTE had been moved overland to North Korea across the China-North Korea border before being transferred to the terrorist group’s ‘floating’ warehouses on the high seas close to Indonesia, for about a decade, The Island learns.

The LTTE had obtained its first Chinese arms consignment way back in 1994/1995 during the then People’s Alliance (PA) administration. On-going inquiries, well informed sources said, revealed that the China-North Korea overland transport of arms for the LTTE had operated for almost a decade before President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government intervened about two years ago.

Sources said that Sri Lanka’s much delayed intervention came as the LTTE moved to collect weapons directly from China once Sri Lanka received information regarding its clandestine overland route.

Sources said that the LTTE had deployed several small vessels to move arms from North Korea to ‘floating’ warehouses. The Navy in four separate operations destroyed eight ‘floating’ warehouses on the high seas, three of them in one operation.

(Excerpt) Read more at island.lk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; ltte; nkorea; tamiltigers

1 posted on 11/07/2009 8:33:47 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 11/07/2009 8:34:15 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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Might explain some of those North Korean freighters spotted in SE waters over the years. That and the opium trade.


3 posted on 11/07/2009 10:25:49 AM PST by tanuki (The only color of a leader that should matter is the color of his spine.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Wow! Very interesting info. I had nothing about this.

Good post.


4 posted on 11/07/2009 12:21:25 PM PST by gaijin
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo
The Sri Lanka Army web site has more info http://www.army.lk/detailed.php?NewsId=1434 and a picture of the Ocean Lady


5 posted on 11/09/2009 1:54:00 AM PST by AdmSmith
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To: gaijin
In one incident, Sri Lankan Navy sunk N. Korean ship(or ship operated by N. Koreans) transporting arms to Tamil Tigers.
6 posted on 11/09/2009 2:00:17 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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